Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China tells U.S. it wants to cooperate over North Korea (Reuters)
• China PM on India charm offensive, offers trade boost (Reuters)
• Pakistan, China celebrate 'all-weather' friendship (AP)
• 27 fishermen missing after boat capsizes off China (AP)
• 27 fishermen missing as boat sinks in S.China Sea (AFP)
• China, India appeal for deeper ties, not tensions (AP)
• Bill Richardson arrives in Pyongyang (AP)
• China regulator tells banks to lend as normal (Reuters)
• China bans poultry, product imports from Manitoba (Reuters)
• China's BYD Auto, LA to test electric car fleet (AP)
• US electric car maker Fisker Auto to sell in China (AP)
• McDonald's to speed up China expansion (AFP)
• Ikea to double China presence by 2015 (AFP)
• China must reveal fate of Mongol activist: Amnesty (AFP)

China tells U.S. it wants to cooperate over North Korea (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2010 06:24 PM PST Reuters - China told the visiting U.S. Secretary of State James Steinberg that the two big powers should cooperate more in defusing tension over North Korea, playing down discord over how to rein in Pyongyang.

China PM on India charm offensive, offers trade boost (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2010 07:54 AM PST Reuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pressed on with a charm offensive in India on Thursday, offering support for New Delhi's bid for a greater role in the United Nations and agreeing on an ambitious target of $100 billion in trade between the rising Asian powers by 2015.

Pakistan, China celebrate 'all-weather' friendship (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2010 06:08 AM PST AP - Pakistan calls China its "all-weather" friend — an ally that offers consistent, no-strings-attached support during turbulent times. However, the reality is a more complicated mix of economics, security and self-interest.

27 fishermen missing after boat capsizes off China (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2010 05:10 AM PST AP - A maritime rescue official says a Vietnam-registered fishing boat has capsized off the Chinese coast leaving 27 fishermen missing.

27 fishermen missing as boat sinks in S.China Sea (AFP) Posted: 16 Dec 2010 04:36 AM PST AFP - Rescuers were hunting for 27 people missing after a Vietnam-registered fishing trawler capsized in high winds and sank in the South China Sea, officials and China's state media said Thursday.

China, India appeal for deeper ties, not tensions (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2010 04:33 AM PST AP - The leaders of India and China called Thursday for a stronger partnership, committed to a huge increase in trade and hailed the creation of an emergency hotline as they stressed a spirit of cooperation — not competition — between Asia's two rising powers.

Bill Richardson arrives in Pyongyang (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2010 12:28 AM PST AP - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson arrived in North Korea on Thursday as part of stepped-up U.S. diplomacy to cool tensions on the Korean peninsula. The governor, a frequent unofficial U.S. envoy to the North, said he expects to be given a message by officials in Pyongyang.

China regulator tells banks to lend as normal (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2010 12:14 AM PST Reuters - Chinese banks should ensure that the normal demand for loans is satisfied this month, the banking regulator said on Thursday, signaling that the government wants to avoid an over-tightening of credit.

China bans poultry, product imports from Manitoba (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2010 12:05 AM PST Reuters - China banned poultry and poultry product imports from a province in Canada after an outbreak of bird flu there, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said in a statement published on Thursday.

China's BYD Auto, LA to test electric car fleet (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:23 PM PST AP - China's BYD Auto and the Housing Authority of Los Angeles have launched a trial program for a fleet of BYD electric cars, as the battery-maker turned car company moves a step closer toward its goal of vehicle sales in North America.

US electric car maker Fisker Auto to sell in China (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2010 09:43 PM PST AP - Electric car maker Fisker Automotive plans to sell its luxury Karma model in China, teaming up with a local distributor of top auto brands.

McDonald's to speed up China expansion (AFP) Posted: 15 Dec 2010 08:49 PM PST AFP - American fast food giant McDonald's Corp. is planning its biggest expansion yet in China by opening up to 200 new restaurants across the country next year.

Ikea to double China presence by 2015 (AFP) Posted: 15 Dec 2010 08:44 PM PST AFP - Swedish home-furnishing giant Ikea Group plans to more than double the number of stores it has in mainland China by 2015, state media reported Thursday.

China must reveal fate of Mongol activist: Amnesty (AFP) Posted: 15 Dec 2010 08:27 PM PST AFP - China must immediately reveal the whereabouts of a leading Mongol dissident who has disappeared along with his family since completing a 15-year prison term last week, Amnesty International said.

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